Arizona Announces Swimming and Diving Coaching Change

TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona Swimming and Diving Head Coach Augie Busch will not return as head coach, Vice President and Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois announced. 
 

"We thank Coach Busch for his service to Arizona and wish him well in the future," Reed-Francois said. "Our Swimming and Diving program has a championship legacy, an outstanding home facility in the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center and incredible support, and we are confident that we will attract elite candidates. We will work quickly to find a new head coach who is the best fit to continue building our championship culture." 
 

Arizona earned men's First Team All-American honors in the 1-meter dive as well as Second Team All-American honors in the 400-meter and 200-meter medley relay teams in March. Busch was named head coach in July 2017 after previous serving as an assistant coach at Arizona from 2003 to 2011. He was the head coach at the University of Virginia and the University of Houston prior to arriving in Tucson. 
 

Arizona will begin a national search for its next head coach immediately.